Youth Track & Field Varsity Finals were held this past weekend at Moorpark High School. Heritage Valley Blazers had an outstanding 19 qualify for Southern California Co-Conference Championships to be held Saturday May 17th at Santa Barbara City College. One of our very own youth runners, Nevaeh Walla, 12 years of age, broke a 25 year old Youth Girls Ventura County record belonging to her former Coach and former Fillmore runner Maribela "Marty" Aparicio Hernandez. Marty now living in Oregon said: "Congrats to Nevaeh for an amazing 3200m record breaking run! My 13-14 year old youth girls record stood for 25 years. I am happy to see her dedication and hard work pay off and know she will continue to succeed." Marty's record was set back in 1989 with the time of 11:36.9, new record time is now 11:30.6. Good luck to all those runners representing Heritage Valley Blazers at Championships!

Fillmore High school track and field is heading into the CIF competition with the momentum on their side. 1 relay team along with 7 individual events will be representing Fillmore in the Division 4 prelims at Carpinteria High School this Saturday May 17th with field events scheduled to start at 11am and running events at 12pm. The number of qualifiers is particularly impressive in this years revamped league which saw power house Oaks Christian and strong boy Nordhoff emerge into an already competitive Tri Valley League. Heading the Flashes will be Jesus Mendoza and Kayla Grove fresh off their individual league Championship tittles in the boys 1600 and girls shot put respectively. Mendoza, a first year track runner made an appearance on the podium every single time he stepped on the track. He also lead the boys distance medley relay to victory in the highly touted spartan relays. Grove was a dominant force in the throws all year long. Both Mendoza and Grove are the first individual league champions in the Tri Valley League in the past 8 years. Kiana Hope is another threat at a deep post season run, the number 2 seed in the division is on the home stretch of her high school career and gearing to head off to University of Tennessee at Martin on a running scholarship. Other qualifiers are Justin Coert, Boys Shot put. Damien Gonzalez, boys high jump, Carlos Briseno boys 110 meter high hurdles and boys 300 meter hurdles and Damien Gonzales, twin brother Dominick Gonzalez, Demitrius Lozano, and Carlos Briseno joined their forces to earn the at large qualifying time in the boys 4x400. Francisco Erazo and Medoza will serve as alternates in the relay. Tony Tafoya, Throws Coach. Juan Viramontes Distance Coach and Erika Arana, Head Coach would like to thank all the community members who came forth and supported all of our successful fundraising events. GO FLASHES!!!

Torrance, CA - American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is dismayed by the recent allegations that resulted in the arrest of Jose Diaz for alleged sex crimes against a child. Although we have not received any information indicating that the charges involved any AYSO players, we are nonetheless working closely with law enforcement to address this situation. AYSO can confirm that Mr. Diaz has served as an AYSO volunteer since 2005.

It is AYSO’s policy to immediately suspend a volunteer charged with such actions from all AYSO activities pending the outcome of the case. In this situation, we took this step and suspended all AYSO privileges immediately upon being notified of the allegations.

Out of an abundance of caution, we are also reaching out to our players’ families and encouraging them to contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriffs, 1-805-737-4171, directly if they believe that they have any relevant information that may assist in the investigation.

We are saddened any time we learn of a situation like this in any youth sports organization. It is for this reason that AYSO was among the first youth sports organizations to implement a program to raise awareness of creating and maintaining a safe environment for youth players. Key components of this program include educating all volunteers through our nationally recognized Safe Haven training program and a robust background check process.

ABOUT AYSO
AYSO has over 500,000 players and more than 100,000 volunteers across the nation. Our priority continues to be to offer world class soccer programs that enrich children’s lives in a safe, fun, family environment.

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On April 27th we had our first big fundraiser of the year and we want to thank W.L. Morris for donating their location. We want to thank everyone that came out and got their car washed and purchased Bear merchandise!!! We are looking forward to our first year in Fillmore with many more to come. We look forward to be a part of the Fillmore Parade and establishing our organization and serving the communities of Fillmore, Piru, and Santa Paula.

Ram Medina
Head Coach/President Fillmore Bears

The Fillmore Bears still have open registration through April. We are a new football organization that will practice at Two Rivers Park, Shiells Park and intend to play home games at Fillmore High School. We are not a travel team rather an option for those in the Fillmore, Santa Paula, Piru area to play football and cheer. We are having a carwash fundraiser at W.L. Morris on April 27th from 8am to 2pm. Pre-sale tickets are being sold for $10. Please support our new organization as we continue to grow. We have over 50 cheerleaders and 35 football players. Please visit our website www.socalfillmorebears.com

Ram Medina
Head Coach/President Fillmore Bears

The So Cal Fillmore Bears is looking to expand their organization by adding additional football teams and just last week we have officially added cheerleaders to our organization. Under the direction of Katie Aguilar a new cheer squad is taking shape with the addition of almost 20 girls and counting. The cost is approx $300 per cheerleader with a $25 registration fee. There has been a request to field additional teams this year in our senior division of 13 and 14 year old boys. As well as the Gremlin division made up of 6 & 7 year olds. We are also looking to field a Bantam team made up of 10 & 11 year olds. This Sunday March 23 there will be sign ups at Luv2Dance Studio 341 Central Ave from 12:00-2:00pm. We would like to thank Sandra Cummings for allowing us to hold our sign ups at her studio. The cost for football is $175 per player and if a team is not able to reach the minimum number of players a FULL REFUND will be given as should be the practice and policy for all Non Profits. Thank you for your support and assistance as we move forward to give our families an option to play football that is much more affordable and led by experienced coaches. Here are the weights for the PYFL we feel these weights and ages give a smaller chapter such as ours a better opportunity to play with other larger chapters.

Ram Medina
Head Coach/President SoCal Youth Football Bears

The SoCal Youth Football Organization will have one team playing in the larger and more competitive Pacific Youth Football League for the 2014 season. We hope to continue to grow and have more teams next year as part of the SoCal Bears. Our nickname reflects the state bear as we pay respect and homage to the state we all live in. Our color scheme will be royal blue, white, and black as we pay respect and homage to Fillmore High School. Our player fees are considerably less than the Fillmore Raiders as we will charge $175 per player. We continue to request sponsorships and donations through corporations, local businesses, and private citizens in and around Fillmore. We would like to thank everyone that supported our attempt to give everyone in our community an option as to where their child can play football and in the future where their child can be a cheerleader. Please visit our website www.socalyouthfootball.org

Ram Medina
Head Coach/President SoCal Youth Football Bears

3-1 Vasquez
Set 1: 19-25 Vasquez
Set2: 26-24 Fillmore
Set3: 16-26 Vasquez
Set 4: 10-25 Vasquez
Highlight player: 12th grader Jorge Ruiz with 11 kills

Fillmore Athletic Boosters will be holding their 4th annual casino night on Saturday, March 15th at Britt Park from 6PM until midnight. All proceeds benefit student athletes and the athletic programs at Fillmore High School. Tickets are $30 and include funny money, beer, appetizers, raffle, DJ, and a no host bar. For more information please contact Jennie Andrade at 340-3601. We appreciate our community's support towards a great cause!

With the new TV show “Friday Night Tykes” making a big splash and creating a national interest, a non profit has been created in Fillmore Ca. SoCal Youth Football has been formed and is in the process of seeking sponsors and donations to help a team from Fillmore and other nearby cities to fly to Texas and play one of the teams from the hit TV show. The goal is to create an annual game that will pit a team from California versus a team from Texas. The new non profit does not interfere with the current Fillmore Raiders program as the game in Texas and other tournament participation will come after the season and perhaps before in the spring or early summer. The goal is have a core group from Fillmore along with other kids from other cities on the 25 man roster. If you have any questions you can contact Ram Medina at the team website www.socalyouthfootball.org or email ram8724@sbcglobal.net

Fillmore Youth Football & Cheer are looking for Head Coaches for the 2014 Season. Head Coach selection will be made February 25th @ 6:30 in the Fillmore High School Conference Room. Applications are available for printout on our website at fillmoreyouthfootball.net. Applications must be received to our Secretary Kristen Dollar or mailed to our PO Box( #34 Fillmore, Ca 93015) by February24th 6:30 P.M. . Kristen may be contacted at 805-216-9027.

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On 2-11-14 the lady flashes traveled to Santa Clara. They got off to a slow start allowing Santa Clara to score in the 20th minute of the game. Needing a tie or a win the Lady flashes picked up the intensity and took the lead with goals from Nayeli Baez & and Liz Llamas. Santa Clara countered with a late goal to tie the game 2-2. Game went into overtime where neither team could capitalized on scoring opportunities.

Needing a victory to advance to CIF the lady flashes traveled to Villanova. Liz Llamas got the lady flashes on the board with a break away which she put in the net. Fillmore took a 1-0 lead. Villanova tied the game with a late goal. The game went into over time where Reylene Martinez scored the winning goal with a 20 yard shot. With the victory the lady flashes qualified for CIF and will face Oxnard High on 2-21-14. Good Luck!!!

Congratulations boys basketball, girls basketball & girls soccer for making the CIF playoffs. Fillmore also wins five tri-valley league titles. Congratulations to our wrestlers for becoming league champions within their weight divisions - George Orozco, Nick Stehly, Damien Gonzalez, Dominick Gonzalez and David Cadena